Richard Murphy Architect

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Richard Murphy Architect

(copied from my talkpage) Hi Joseph2302

Thanks for your message. I'm actually just trying to correct incorrect information that keeps reappearing on the page. All of the updates are backed by references or are just factual ie OBE was 2007 not 2006. Would appreciate if these chages were saved and not undone as they take a long time to do! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard Murphy Architect (talk • contribs) 15:28, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

@Richard Murphy Architect: I'm not undoing them, but the COI tag is 100% necessary, as you clearly have a conflict of interest. Per WP:COI, you are discouraged from directly editing the article, and are encouraged to suggest changes on the article talkpage instead. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:35, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for that - I would refer more to the guidelines for biographies of living persons - it seems extremely difficult to correct information that is incorrect (threee editors have now questioned it), which doesnt constitute a conflict of interest and is encouraged in the below article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons

There is a difference between correcting information, which has been referenced, and adding promotional material. Other editors should be careful about reinstating incorrect information (not aimed at you, just in general) (Richard Murphy Architect (talk) 15:45, 29 June 2015 (UTC))

I know the difference, and the edits you were making were well-referenced, so thank you for that. But the COI tag added says "A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject." which is entirely true- it's not necessarily an issue, it just informs other users that someone with a COI is or has been editing. Also, please reply here, not at my talkpage- I prefer to keep conversations in one place. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:54, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

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